"In Hindustan, as in England, there are doctrines for the learned, and dogmas for the unlearned; strong meat for men & milk for babes; facts for the few, & fictions for the many, realities for the wise, and romances for the simple; esoteric truth for the philosopher, & exoteric fable for the fool."
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Hurrychund Chintamon quoted by H. P. Blavatsky, New York (20 Jan. 1877)
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